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CLASS II. — MYRIAPODA. 
The small Wire Worm and the Centipede are perhaps the best 
known of this class : the former is very troublesome and destructive 
to all root-crops ; the latter, though its bite is said to be severe, is 
seldom seen, but it inhabits old timber yards, old stone walls, and 
similar places in Jamestown, Rupert’s Valley, Lemon Valley, Ladder 
Hill, and the low land along the northern side of the Island. It is 
never seen inland, but may generally be found under loose stones on 
the warm barren portions of the Island in the localities above 
mentioned. In size it averages about 3 to 4 inches, but in some in- 
stances attains as great a length as 7 or 8 inches. Mr. Walker 
identifies ten species under this class, as follows : 
Fam. Scolopendrida. 
Cermatia, Hardw. 
C. coleoptrata, Linn. — Inhabits also the South of These ex- 
France, and along the Mediterranean coast. ' tremely 
C. rubrolineata, Newp. — Inhabits also N. Africa. elegant 
little creatures, known as “ Thousand Legs,” are very abundant, both 
on the high land and in Jamestown, where, during the evenings,, 
they may often be seen venturing out of their hiding-places, and 
crawling over the walls or ceiling of a room in search ot moths and 
flies. 
Scolopendra, Linn. 
S. angusta, Lucas.— It is quite probable that on a further inves- 
tigation, two species of Centipede may be found in the Island. Mr. 
Walker states, in reference to the specimen submitted to him, as 
follows: — “It does not seem to differ from 8. leachii, Newport, a 
West African species. S. leachii is the 8. morsitans of Leach, not 
the 8. morsitans of Linn., which is a South American species. The 
Egyptian 8. canidens , of Newport, is nearly allied to 8. angusta.” 
Lithobius, Leach. 
L. forficatus, Linn.— A dark-red creature, about two inches in 
length, resembling in form a small Centipede, very abundant on 
the high land in gardens, earth banks, under stones, in old stems 
